Cost to make a two-pack of EpiPens: A few dollars
Price you pay: $300 or more (without health insurance)
EpiPens each hold about $1 worth of Epinephrine, the medicine that combats allergies, though Mylan Pharmaceuticals hiked the price of an EpiPen two-pack from $57 to around $600 in August, since the company doesn’t have much generic competition. The device also only lasts between six months and a year before it must be replaced.
After Mylan was swarmed with controversy over the price hike, it announced in mid-December that it will launch a generic version of EpiPens for half the price ($300).